Modality, Morality and Belief

Essays in Honor of Ruth Barcan Marcus

Walter Sinnott-Armstrong editor Nicholas Asher editor Diana Raffman editor

Format:Paperback

Publisher:Cambridge University Press

Published:29th Jan '09

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This collection of essays honours one of the most rigourous and iconoclastic of philosophical pioneers.

Modality, morality and belief are among the most controversial topics in philosophy and few philosophers have shaped these debates as deeply as Ruth Barcan Marcus. Inspired by her work, a distinguished group of philosophers explore these issues, refine and sharpen arguments and develop fresh positions on such topics as possible worlds, moral dilemmas, essentialism and the explanation of actions by beliefs. This collection honours one of the most rigourous and iconoclastic of philosophical pioneers.

"In an intersting and wide-ranging discussion, Parsons surveys various explanations and justifications provided by mathematicians and philosophers, concluding that ontological features do not play an essential role in the development of ZF, and need not be taken to be part of the literal truth about sets." Philip Bricker, Journal of Symbolic Logic

ISBN: 9780521100571

Dimensions: 229mm x 152mm x 17mm

Weight: 430g

292 pages